Have you seen New Holland's new offering? If not, check out the new 8N. Looks pretty cool. When I first started looking at tractors I thought I would probably end up with an 8 or 9N. Unfortunately, most I look at were either over priced or well worn out (to be expected on a 50 year old tractor). But either way, it wasn't what we needed and ended up with the 24D and better off with it as it does more what we need it to do. I do like the idea of the CVT to the new one though. Think Monica would let me trade?